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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

April 12, 20095 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at Apr 12, 2009, 2:16 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 13, 2009, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2009, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2009, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2009, 1:27 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Calhoun County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Apr 11, 7:17 PM EDT, 18 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:17 PM EDT, 18 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 4:29 PM EDT, 21 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 3:39 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler and 2 more	11 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2009 Every freeze warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.